Maive RUTE Director for Biotechnologies, Food, Agriculture ResearchEuropean CommissionDirectorate-General Research & Innovationmaive.rute@ec.europa.eu

Meeting Directors-General for FisheriesHungary - 6 June 2011

The presentation shall neither be binding nor construed as constituting commitment by the European Commission

Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine research in FP7 –State of play – future after 2013

Overview

1. Opportunities and challenges

2. EU instruments for supporting R&I in Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Sciences

3. Areas where MS intervention is needed

• Between 3 and 5 % of Europe’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

• Aquaculture accounts for 19 % of the Union’s total fisheries production. By 2030, aquaculture will provide more than half of the fish consumed worldwide.

• Marine biotechnologies sector is expected to grow at a rate of 10% per year with a current global market of €2,4 billion

Opportunities: Sea and Oceans provide an essential part of our

wealth and well-being

Opportunities: Importance of coastal zones (GDP in euro per inhabitant)

Maritime facts and figures

Satellite Picture of Algal Bloom in the Baltic — June 2005.

Challenges: Marine ecosystems are

exposed to a variety of pressures

e.g. Eutrophication

e.g. Impact of climate change

Invasive species Coastal erosion

Red mullet: increase

in Celtic and North

Sea (ICES)

Fish migration

Source: Net Benefits - A sustainable and profitable future for UK fishing, 2004.

Challenges: trend of EU Fisheries

Trends in the EU fishing fleet capacity (in terms of kW), 1992-2008 (Source: EC, 2008)

Effective+18%

Nominal-25%

Addressing the deep-rooted problem of fleet overcapacity: a priority for the CFP

reform

Challenges: stagnation of EU aquaculture production

Overall EU production ~ 1.3 Mt (17%)

Value ~ 3 Billion€ (24%)

Employment ~ 65 000 FTE

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Aquaculture Fisheries

Challenges: Food security and globalisation in seafood trade

Research & Innovation in support to EU policies

Fisheries Policy

- Reform Common Fisheries

Policy (CFP)

- New Data Collection

Framework

- Revised Strategy for the

Sustainable Development of

European Aquaculture

Food Safety Policy

- White Paper on Food

Safety COM (1999)

- Organic production and

labelling of organic

products

Animal Health Policy

- Community Action Plan

on the Protection and

Welfare of animals 2006-

2010

- Animal Health Strategy

Research Policy

- The European Research Area:

New Perspectives

- Joint Research programming

- EU Strategy for Marine and

Maritime Research

- Europe 2020 « innovation

Union »

Maritime Policy

- “Integrated Maritime

Policy for the European

Union”

- Spatial planning,

EMODNET (European

marine data network)

- Regional integration

Environmental Policy

- Water Framework

Directive

- Marine Strategy

Framework Directive

(GES)

Collaborative Research Frontier Research

Human Potential Research Capacity

EU Instruments for supporting R&I in F-A & Marine Sciences

7th EU Framework Programme (2007-2013) Total 53 billion €

32 365 M€ 7 460 M€

4 728 M€ 4 217 M€

Data Collection Framework: 85 M€/yearEuropean Fisheries Fund (EFF) support to

innovation

Theme Duration M€ N° projects

Theme 2 (KBBE) 2007-2010 125 47

Theme 6 (ENV) 2007-2010 214 46

« The Ocean of Tomorrow » joint call

2010-2011 79 9

Support to SMEs 2007-2010 53 48

R&I Infrastructure 2007-2010 100 Around 20

Training & Capacity building

2007-2010 76 188

European Technology Platforms (2)

2007-2010 3 EATIP (Aqua)– EFTP (Fisheries)

Networking of National programmes for R&D (3)

2007-2010 6 SeasEra, Biotech, Seafood

Article 185 – common programmes between MS

2012-2013 50 Bonus

FP7 tools in support to F-A and marine science

More information at: www.ec.europa.eu/research/bioeconomy

Competitiveness of

Fisheries and

Aquaculture sectors

Seafood security

and safety

From

bioprospecting

to new products

FP7 in support to F-A and marine Biotechnology

Priorities for funding - Main lines

Work Programmes 2007-2011

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Ecosystem approach to fisheries

management(EAFM)

Socio-economic dimension of fisheries and aquaculture

Governance for the implementation of CFP and maritime

policy

Essential biological functions of farmed

aquatic animals

Ecosystem approach to aquaculture

Dissemination and Knowledge

transfer

Ocean of Tomorrow

Funding scheme:

EU contribution: 14 M€

Collaborative Project

Up to 3 projects may be funded (various

designs)

OCEAN.2011-1Multi-use off-shore platforms

Objectives:• Innovative designs for optimal

coupling of various activities e.g: Ocean energy (in particular wind), aquaculture, offshore transport facilities, environmental monitoring

• Assessing the technical, economical and environmental feasibility of platforms (constructing, installing, operating, servicing, maintaining and decommissioning)

Fisheries & AquacultureResearch Orientations

2012-2013● Fisheries

Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM)

Small scale fisheries

New tools (genetics) for improving scientific advice

Support to Bonus 185 initiative on the Baltic Sea (Fisheries programme)

● Aquaculture

Prevention of major diseases

Diversification of species

Impact on ecosystems

Selective breeding

● Fisheries and Aquaculture

Ecolabelling, certification

ERANET on sustainable exploitation of marine resources

Boosting innovation (sensors for data acquisition)

OrientationsWork Programme 2012-2013

Emphasis on “from discovery to demonstration”:►Proof-of-concept and demonstration activities►Knowledge transfer and dissemination mandatory or

encouraged

Continued focus on strengthening SME participation:►Around 1/5 of budget earmarked for SME participants ►More than half of topics with ring-fenced budget for

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)

European Research Area : ►Networking of Member States programmes will be

encouraged on ―Sustainable exploitation of marine resources‖ (next call)

Work Programme 2012

KBBE Call 2012:

►Info Day coupled with brokerage event - 15 July 2011

►Publication of WP 2012 and call 6 – 19 July 2011

►Deadline for the call 6 – 15 November 2011

►Call 6 budget: EUR 300 million

“The Ocean of Tomorrow” 2012

9 topics for Research in support to the Good Environmental Status (GES) of our Seas and Oceans

INFO-DAY 16 June 2011 - 12:30-18:00 -Charlemagne Conference Centre/Room Sicco Mansholthttp://ec.europa.eu/research/agriculture/ocean/ocean2012/i

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● Coordination of national programmes

● Aligning research and innovation to the needs of « Europe 2020 », to the future research and innovation programmes and to the Common Fisheries Policy

● Inputs to the shaping of EU R&I priorities as well as to Bio-based economy

● Strenghtening « Knowledge transfer and innovation»

● Reinforcing the use of scientific evidence for policy making

Areas where intervention ofMember States is needed

Observers

Bonus

Covering all European Sea basins

Secretariat

In Brussels

Members

Coordination of National programmes between Member States on

« Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans »

The future Common Strategic Framework

● To implement the Innovation Union Policy set out in the Europe 2020 strategy

● 3 strategic objectives: Tackling major societal challenges e.g. food security and sustainable

bioresources (including R&I efforts to support policy objectives recovery of fish stocks, discard ban, contribution of aquaculture)

Increasing competitiveness

Raising the levels of excellence in the research base

● To address the whole innovation chain from basic research to market uptake (« from net to plate ») through a coherent set of instruments at EU level to avoid duplication between DGs.

● Simplification with a single entry point

Debate with stakeholders – June/July 2011

New European Strategy & Action plan:

Bio-based economy by 2020

Key issues• Climate change and sustainability of bio-resources• Industrial biotechnology, notably bio-based products • Food Chain and closing the waste loop• Governance, ERA, education and skills

Planned adoption

Commission Communication:

strategy and action plan

November 2011

The presentation shall neither be binding nor construed as constituting commitment by the European Commission

The mature bio-based economy will help deliver global food security,improve nutrition and health, create smart bio-based products andbiofuels, and help agriculture, forestry, aquaculture and other ecosystemsto adapt to climate change. (BECOTEPS White Paper, March 2011)

Support « Discard ban » for 2016

Increase the yearly value for marine

biotechnologies to 10% per yearBest use of catches

(stocking, processing, co-

products

Strenghtening Knowledge transfer and innovation

Identification of specific RTD actions for and by industry

(including SMEs)Build on previous experiences

on dissemination of results: (PROFET POLICY)

Involvement of stakeholders in the process of priority-setting as well as on knowledge transfer and take-up of results

Strong focus on identification and transfer

of knowledge & results(from past and future FPs

projects)

Participative processinvolving effective

stakeholders’ consultation to define

Common Vision & Strategic Research Agenda

(first workshop in June 2011- Warsaw )

AQUAINNOVA: A FP7 project

by the European Aquaculture Technology and innovation Platform

Reinforcing the use of scientific evidence for policy making

Fishpoptrace (FP7)

FP6 UNCOVER project : A science-policy workshop in

cooperation with ICES

More info at:http://ec.europa.eu/research/bioe

conomy/fish/index_en.htm

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